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2/15/74 IN PHARMCO, LABORATORY AUTOMATION MEANS MECHANIZING DATA COLLECTION AND DATA PROCESSING ON ALL LEVELS AND BY EVERY APPLICABLE TECHNIQUE. IT REQUIRES CREATIVE PERSONNEL WITH DIVERSE COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS AND ACCESS TO POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES. THUS NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW HARDWARE ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR OUR FORCAST. THE MAIN THRUST FOR THE FUTURE INVOLVES ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION ELEMENTS. IT WILL REQUIRE THE LARGEST PORTION OF FUNDS AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF MAJOR BENEFITS. THESE WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASING OUTPUT FROM EACH R & D DOLLAR AND ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF CAPABILITES FOR PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH. WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM OF CHOICE ON FUTURE SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF OUR PAST PRACTICE OF KEEPING OUR COMMITMENTS TO A MINIMUM THROUGH USE OF MINICOMPUTERS AND TURNKEY SYSTEMS. THUS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO UTILIZE TO OUR ADVANTAGE THE FRUITS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND INTENSE COMPETITION IN THE MARKETPLACE. EVERY MAJOR MINICOMPUTER MANUFACTURER NOW OFFERS SOPHISTICATED OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT COMMON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN A MULTIPROCESSING ENVIRONMENT ON MACHINES ACCESSING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF CHEAP MEMORY. ONLY TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD ONLY TWO SOURCES FOR A COMPUTER FOR A & P CHEMISTRY. NO OTHERS WERE AVAILABLE. THE NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ARE APPEARING AS A RESULT OFTHE DRAMATIC DECREASE IN PRICES OF THE REQUIRED MEMORY AND DATA STORAGE ELEMENTS. THESE LARGE SYSTEMS ARE ONE THIRD THE COST OF OLDER OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE IBM 1800 AND HAVE GREATER GROWTH CAPABILITY. THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT IS MAKING POSSIBLE THE NEW LARGE SYSTEMS HAS PRODUCED A CLASS OF DIGITAL MACHINES COMPOSED OF MODULES CALLED MICROPROCESSOR UNITS. THESE ARE GENERALIZED COMPUTING FUNCTIONS WHICH CAN BE SEQUENCED TO EMULATE ANY REQUIRED MIX OF COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS. WE VISUALIZE A FUTURE LABORATORY CONTROLLER WHICH IS SMALL, MODERATE IN COST, AND READILY CONVERTED TO NEW APPLICATIONS. IT WILL READILY COMMUNICATE WITH LARGER MACHINES AND PROVIDE ON LINE CAPABILITY NOW PRICED BEYOND OUR REACH.
2/15/74 IN PHARMCO, LABORATORY AUTOMATION MEANS MECHANIZING DATA COLLECTION AND DATA PROCESSING ON ALL LEVELS AND BY EVERY APPLICABLE TECHNIQUE. IT REQUIRES CREATIVE PERSONNEL WITH DIVERSE COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS AND ACCESS TO POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES. THUS NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW HARDWARE ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR OUR FORCAST. THE MAIN THRUST FOR THE FUTURE INVOLVES ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION ELEMENTS. IT WILL REQUIRE THE LARGEST PORTION OF FUNDS AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF MAJOR BENEFITS. THESE WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASING OUTPUT FROM EACH R & D DOLLAR AND ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF CAPABILITES FOR PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH. WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM OF CHOICE ON FUTURE SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF OUR PAST PRACTICE OF KEEPING OUR COMMITMENTS TO A MINIMUM THROUGH USE OF MINICOMPUTERS AND TURNKEY SYSTEMS. THUS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO UTILIZE TO OUR ADVANTAGE THE FRUITS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND INTENSE COMPETITION IN THE MARKETPLACE. EVERY MAJOR MINICOMPUTER MANUFACTURER NOW OFFERS SOPHISTICATED OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT COMMON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN A MULTIPROCESSING ENVIRONMENT ON MACHINES ACCESSING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF CHEAP MEMORY. ONLY TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD ONLY TWO SOURCES FOR A COMPUTER FOR A & P CHEMISTRY. NO OTHERS WERE AVAILABLE. THE NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ARE APPEARING AS A RESULT OFTHE DRAMATIC DECREASE IN PRICES OF THE REQUIRED MEMORY AND DATA STORAGE ELEMENTS. THESE LARGE SYSTEMS ARE ONE THIRD THE COST OF OLDER OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE IBM 1800 AND HAVE GREATER GROWTH CAPABILITY. THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT IS MAKING POSSIBLE THE NEW LARGE SYSTEMS HAS PRODUCED A CLASS OF DIGITAL MACHINES COMPOSED OF MODULES CALLED MICROPROCESSOR UNITS. THESE ARE GENERALIZED COMPUTING FUNCTIONS WHICH CAN BE SEQUENCED TO EMULATE ANY REQUIRED MIX OF COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS. WE VISUALIZE A FUTURE LABORATORY CONTROLLER WHICH IS SMALL, MODERATE IN COST, AND READILY CONVERTED TO NEW APPLICATIONS. IT WILL READILY COMMUNICATE WITH LARGER MACHINES AND PROVIDE ON LINE CAPABILITY NOW PRICED BEYOND OUR REACH.
2/15/74 LABORATORY AUTOMATION IN PHARMCO MEANS MECHANIZING DATA COLLECTION AND DATA PROCESSING ON ALL LEVELS AND BY EVERY APPLICABLE TECHNIQUE. IT REQUIRES CREATIVE PERSONNEL WITH DIVERSE COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS AND ACCESS TO POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES. THUS NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW HARDWARE ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR OUR FORCAST. THE MAIN THRUST FOR THE FUTURE INVOLVES ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION ELEMENTS. IT WILL REQUIRE THE LARGEST PORTION OF FUNDS AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF MAJOR BENEFITS. THESE WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASING OUTPUT FROM EACH R & D DOLLAR AND ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF CAPABILITES FOR PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH.